Author's note: Well, i tried something here, is my first fanfiction, and i want to make a longer story,so i started with this chapter as a prolouge, hope you enjoy :) please leave a review with tipps and any criticism you have


Zed stood in the shadows of one of the pillars in the entry hall of the Institute of War. It was a huge hall, and it was decorated with all kinds of adornments, from ancient weapons and war banners to juwels and gold. The light of the full moon that hung in the night sky shone through the high glass windows that were situated high up on the walls, though they looked like doors droom a hallway. Directly opposite the great double doors that lead outside to the Institute's grounds was a large stair that lead upward, farther into the official rooms of the Institute. Two doors, about halfway down the walk between the entry door and the stairs and either side of the walkway led out of the hall. It wasn't very suprising, the vast room was built to impress kings and lords in all of Valoran.

All this beauty was, however, lost on Zed. He was waiting for someone he knew would show up, she always did when the full moon was high in the sky. Today, for te first time in many years, since he fell out with the kinkou order, since he killed Shen's father and took the temple for his own, he had the need to speak to someone. He heard the door on the right of the hallway open, the one that lead to the champions quarters, and someone walking down the hall. She'd taken longer than usual. He was about to step forward when she spoke: "Why do you hide in the shadows?"

He froze, she couldn't have detected him, noone ever had, but he was also sure that there was noone else in the entry hall. "I was waiting for you" someone else answered, a female voice, and he knew it well. 'Akali' he thought, 'what is she doing here'. He'd heard her voice from his left, so he quickly changed places with a shadow in the corner on the other side of the entry door. After his travel through the darkness, which lasted only brief moments, h could see both Akali and Diana, whom he was waiting for, standing facing each other. Zed could feel the tension where he was standing, but suddenly the smiled at each other an embraced.

'Interesting, since when are those two friends?' Zed watched them as the walked out of the hall. He knew that Diana always watched the full moon, but he'd never seen Akali join her. He contemplated on following them, but discarded the idea, Akali might not notice him if he stood here, in the shadows, in his domain, but she was skilled enough in the art of the shadows to know when someone followed her.

"Didn't i ask you not to follow me when I'm out speaking to the moon?" Diana asked, but she sounded pleased either way.

"I didn't follow you, i waited" Akali flashed her a quick grin. "And anyway, i wanted to talk to you again, we barely ever do."

"I know, but you know that the Solari might not be to friendly to the Kinkou if they found out we were friends. And especially know, when the Kinkou are trying to get the Solari to help in the situation Iona is in with Noxus right now, that wouldn't be all too helpful."

Zed waited for them to be out of the hallway before slowly following them to the door. 'I thought Noxus' Invasion was forbidden by the Institute. What could be the problem that the Kinkou need the help of the Solari for?' When Zed reached the doors he stood in the open doorway for a moment, looking for the figures of Akali and Diana. He saw them sitting on the grass in front of the Institute, maybe ten yards away from a tree. Zed smiled. 'Perfect.' He quickly teleported into the shadows of the tree to listen in on their conversation.

"It's been too long since we could do this, just sit here in the grass and watch the moon." This was Diana, as always reveling in the light of the moon.

"Yes, it really has, I wish we could do it more often." Zed had never heard Akali talk about something she misses, and he was suprised by it.

As the moon climbed higher into the clear night sky, Diana and Akali talked, about unimportant things mostly, about friends, family (or lack thereof), their league matches. And all that time Zed stood patiently in the shadows of the tree, listening.


Finally, after some hours Akali stood up. By the position of the moon Zed estimated the time to be about 4 in the morning. "Well, I'd better get going, Shen'll rip my head off if Im even a minute to late to practice, and it starts in less than 30 minutes. Sometimes I wonder who is more mad, him or Ziggs."

Diana let out a giggle that didn't fit her personality at all. "Well, I wouldn't say that, Ziggs is way more sane than Shen"

Now Akali let out a snort of laughter "Watch out, he might hear you."

"Who, Ziggs, or Shen?"

"Both, then they both have a point to make!"

Now both Diana and Akali were rolling on the grass, giggling uncontrolably, and even Zed had trouble supressing a smile. Akali and Diana got up, and, together, made their way back to the entrance. Zed looked down, and saw that the light of the moon was shining on his left foot, just on the very tip, but he was still somehow intruged by it. Up at the entrance, Diana turned around one last time, and looked at the moon. Zed looked back up jsut in time to see her head snap in his direction. He couldn't tell what she was thinking from this direction, but he reacted immediately, teleporting into one of the many shadows of the entry hall, just as Diana blasted the tree under which he stood only a moment before with a ray of moonlight.